Stock Trading Tips

As we all know, the stock market has regular trading hours, from 9.30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday. During this time, the stocks on the market are liquid and efficient. But, the stock market is basically also open...

Direct stock purchase plan (DSPP) refers to a program that allows individual traders to buy the stock directly from the company, without any help from a broker. Some companies that offer this plan usually make it available to retail traders....

Many investors always find getting a stock to purchase is fun. Besides, it also can be lucrative, if you find the stock at an increasing price. To get the best chance to gain money from the market, here are the...

Strangle is one of the option trading strategies that allow traders to hold both call and put options in different strike prices. Yet, they have the same expiration date and asset. It is a good strategy once a trader is...

Income Statement is the document annually reported by the company to the public. The documents consist of several sections. One of the sections is the cost of goods sold (COGS). The cost of goods sold (COGS) shows the capital spent...

The net income applicable to common shares in the income statement is probably the most interesting section for most investors. This figure defines the companies’ bottom line profit that belongs to the common shareholders. The companies usually report this figure...

Preferred stock combines bonds and common stocks. Commonly, preferred stocks will pay a guaranteed. Besides, it also prioritizes its shareholders in times that the company faces bankruptcy and liquidation. Thus, Investing in preferred stocks will give you security. Yet, for...

A good stock pick in day trading is those stocks that lead them to fully leverage and profit from a trader's strategy. Successful day traders usually have discipline and a good plan for each of their trading decision. Thus, with that...

Everyone knows that Benjamin Graham is one of the forever best investors. Inside of his book, “Intelligent Investors”, he offers five tests for defensive stock selection. These tests serve as the filter speculative stocks out of a conservative portfolio. These...

Stock analysis software does not promise to turn you into a professional's investors in just one night. But, stock analysis software helps you to do three things. One, it helps you adapt to market fluctuation through its real-time stock market...